Improve your public speaking with VR

Our interactive virtual classroom will help you develop skills you need for clear and assertive communication.

Over 70% of HR professionals believe that public speaking is critical for career success, yet 74% of people have speech anxiety.

With our unique combination of online classes and virtual reality, you’ll be able to improve your public speaking skills in a safe environment and overcome any speech anxiety.

Online learning, done differently

We combine online training with VR for a unique learning approach. At certain points throughout this public speaking course, you'll be prompted to practice what you've learnt in VR.

Learn with tutorial classes

You’ll complete a series of videos, quizzes, slideshows and case studies through our online platform - available to access at any time.

Practice in realistic VR

Practice what you learn with VR scenarios specific to this training course. Public speaking is just like any other skill - you need to practice to improve.

Improve with VirtualSpeech's loop

Learn online and then practice in VR. This loop occurs multiple times throughout the course and helps you improve your speaking skills more effectively.

Why take a VirtualSpeech course?

Reduce nerves through practice

Practice as often as you need to in our realistic virtual environments, ensuring you’re confident for any future public speaking events. Course participants have stated that practicing in VR has reduced their anxiety, as they get more used to speaking in front of an audience.

Create engaging speeches

Develop an essential life skill

Warren Buffett said "Imagine working on one skill that, once you improve it, will raise your value by 50 percent. The one skill is public speaking". Public speaking is essential for a successful career - perfect your skills with our tips for preparing and delivering a successful speech.

Learn through experience with VR

Skills improve the more you practice them. With VR, you can practice in a safe space at your own pace, as often as you need to. Learning through experience is the fastest way to improve your skills, with VR, you can do just that.

Speak clearly with our voice analysis

Using the latest voice analysis technology, we can pick up hesitation words, pace of voice, vocal volume of your delivery and more. The VR app will ensure you’re speaking clearly.

Build confidence with role play

Prepare for and then practice our activity based scenarios in VR. Build up experience and develop quick thinking by handling difficult situations under time pressure.

Rhetoric is an important part of public speaking and persuasion. This section covers the key aspects of rhetoric, as we explain what makes speeches easy to listen to and how to add these to your speech.

It’s vital that you understand and connect with your audience during your speech. This section covers the different types of audience member, how to maintain their attention and cope with distractions.

The final section of this course gives you simple communication tips and a checklist to go through before your next speech.

Simple rules for good communication

Checklist for before and after a presentation

The Importance of Communication Skills in Business

Your instructor

Dom Barnard

Dom is Curriculum Lead for the Public Speaking course. He's an entrepreneur, VR enthusiast and engineer with a passion for finding new ways to improve speaking skills using technology. Previously, Dom worked at Jaguar Land Rover before leaving to develop the VirtualSpeech app, and now speaks at events around the world.

VR Training: Unique VR scenarios for this course

Practice your public speaking with the leading mobile app on the market, downloaded by over 200,000 users. At key points during the online part of the course, you'll be prompted to practice what you've learnt in one of the following VR training scenarios.

Eye contact training

Improve your eye contact and learn how to connect with the audience in this VR scenario. Gamification and heatmaps allow you to review where you are looking and areas you are neglecting.

Impromptu speech training

Practice quick thinking and impromptu speaking by talking about the content of a random slide every 30 seconds. You’ll develop a valuable skill and be able to answer questions more naturally.

Sound and visual distractions

It’s easy to get distracted by the audience and venue. Learn how to deal with sound and visual distractions, including mobiles phones ringing, audio feedback from speakers and lighting.

TEDx theatre - speech analysis

Receive feedback on 15 different areas of your speech, including persuasiveness, aggression, and openness. Great for understanding how your audience are likely to perceive you.

Formal or charity speech

Practice giving a formal or charity speech in our decorative room, styled after the popular Orchid Room at The Dorchester hotel in London.

Improve through practice

In addition to the VR training scenarios, you can practice your public speaking in different VR environments and track your progress in our VR app.

Improve faster with our VR features

Our app is full of useful features to help you grow your skills.

Presentation slides

Practice public speaking with your own slides in the virtual room with you.